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From Riches to Rags(1980)

07/10/1980 (HK)ActionComedy1h 41m
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Overview

Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor...

John Woo

Director

Movie Cast

Ricky Hui Koon-Ying photo
Yik Ga photo

Yik Ga

Julia

Yip Ha-Lei photo

Yip Ha-Lei

Doctor Mong

Lam Ching-Ying photo

Lam Ching-Ying

Knife killer

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam photo

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam

Smoking pool player

Yue Tau-Wan photo

Yue Tau-Wan

Injecting killer

Tsang Choh-Lam photo

Tsang Choh-Lam

Chuk/Ducky [uncredited]

John Woo photo

John Woo

[cameo]

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyOrange Sky Golden Harvest

Original LanguageCantonese

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